EB: Those mysterious and controversial letters on a stone
Two letters, E and B, are bringing an interesting discussion into the Senate hearings on the alleged anomalies of Vice-President Jejomar Binay. They may have...
Ebola and Pambobola: Both Still Incurable, Dangerous
The Philippines may be thousands of kilometers away from Africa but such distance does not make it any safer from the threat of Ebola. As...
Polite Polity: We Need a “Senator Poe” Approach in All These Hullabaloos
So far, Senator Grace Poe appears to be the saving grace of the embarrassment that is the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. The...
Nognog vs. Noynoy: The Best Thing that Ever Happened in Recent Philippine Politics
Finally, “Binay takes a swing at Aquino.” This is arguably the best thing that ever happened in recent Philippine political history. We expected it but...
Denying the obvious — Hello Kitty is not a cat?
By now, almost every news-reading online denizen should already be familiar with the viral “Hello Kitty is not a cat” article from the LA Times....
Derailment and Congestion: New Indicators of Progress (Part 2 of 2 )
By Bernadine Racoma, as originally posted at Blog Watch, Philippine Online Chronicles Continued from Part 1 Bad Congestion Bad traffic in the country’s main cities...
Derailment and Congestion: New Indicators of Progress (Part 1 of 2 )
By Bernadine Racoma as originally posted at Blog Watch, Philippine Online Chronicles. Just like the brow-raising 2013 statement on traffic congestion being a sign of...
Clues amidst cluelessness on various realities in the Aquino Administration and DAP
The word “clueless” made a mark during the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) inquiry session of the Senate. Responding to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Francis Escudero,...
Yellow is cowardly and treacherous, so please don’t wear it (Part 2 of 2)
Originally posted at Blog Watch, Philippine Online Chronicles. Continued from Yellow is cowardly and treacherous, so please don’t wear it (Part 1 of 2) Questions...
Yellow is cowardly and treacherous, so please don’t wear it (Part 1 of 2)
by Bernadine Racoma, as originally posted at Blog Watch, Philippine Online Chronicles. Please wear yellow: this was President Aquino’s request to his supporters when he...
Game of lists: Whispers and intrigues in the PDAF scam case
by Bernadine Racoma Filipino fans of the critically-acclaimed HBO television series Game of Thrones must be thrilled about the double-dose of the show’s trademark political...
Trust issues: The president’s trust rating, spying, US military presence, and the lotto paranoia
By Dine Racoma as originally posted at Blog Watch, Philippine Online Chronicles. Despite the good amount of trust people apparently have vested on the current...
And the OWS?car Goes to … People and Events that Raise Your BrOWS
It’s awards season again and this time we have prepared a few “distinctions” for those who (or that) have shown remarkable, “ows-worthy” feats in the...
Estrada vs. Guingona and the RoboCop Connection
by Bernadine Racoma, originally posted at the Philippine Online Chronicles Looks like we will be having more of Estrada vs. Guingona 2014, the seeming remake...
Benhur Luy, Jeane Napoles, Ruby Tuason et al – When “bad Pinoy mentality” brings “good results”
Originally posted at the Philippine Online Chronicles/Blog Watch The recent turn of events in Philippine politics is making us rethink our perception of “bad Pinoy...